Knockdown barrel



R. W. 'BAYLOR, KNOCKDOWN BARREL.

(No Model.)

No. 466,294. Patented Dem- ZQ 1891..

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ROBERT W. BAYLOR, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA,

PATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ALEXANDER M. MURRAY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

KNOCKDOWN BARREL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 466,294, dated December29, 1891. V

I Application filed April 18, 1891- Sarial No. 389,519. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT W. BAYLOR, of N or'folk, in the county ofNorfolk and State of Virginia, haveinvented a new and useful Improvementin Knockdown Barrels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of knock down barrels in which theslats or staves of the barrel are made straight and are connected toflexible bands or hoops which may be rolled up into cylindrical form toform barrels or laid out fiat for compact return transportation-such,for instance, as is shown in my previous patent, No. 158,777, datedJanuary 19, 1875.

My present invention consists in the peculiar construction andarrangement of the parts of the barrel, which I will now proceed todescribe. v V

Figure 1 is a view of the sides of the barrel laid out flat. Fig. 2 isan edge view of one of the staves. Fig. 3 is an end view of the barrel.Fig. 4 is a side view of the central partition. Fig. 5 is a side andcross-sectional view of the wedge or key for tightening the head, andFig. 6 is a perspective view of the barrel complete.

A represents the straight slats or staves of the barrel. These have neartheir ends and upon their inside faces croze-grooves c c to receive theedges of the head-sections O O, and at the middle upon the inside havethe transverse grooves b to receive the two sections of a middlepartition E E. Upon the outside of these staves, about half-way from themiddle to the ends, are transverse grooves a a, which are undercut, andare designed to receive and hold the flexible metal bands B, whichconstitute the hoops of the barrel and hold the staves together. Theslats or staves 0 are held and properly spaced upon the hoops by meansof the undercutgrooves a, and when the bands are rolled up with thestaves and suitably fastened about the heads and middle partition aperfect two-compartment barrel is formed. The heads are afterwardtightened by means of a wedge or key D, Fig. 5,

which fits between the head-sections with a tongue-and-groove joint. Thebarrel or crate thus formed may be used for shipping all of the circularheads and circular partition,

a series of staves having upon their inner sides a middle transversegroove and crozegrooves at the ends and having upon their outer sidestransverse undercut grooves a, and the flexible bands inserted in saidundercut grooves of the staves and connecting the latter, substantiallyas shown and described.

ROBERT W. BAYLOR.

Witn esses EDWARD J. TOOLE, THOMAS A. MULLIN.

